AURO 2908, Programming Reference Manual

Page 1: ...AURO 2908 Barcode Scanner Programming Reference Guide Version 12 AURO 2908 AURO 2908 Automatic Recognition International Keyboard 16 Bit Microcontroller ...

Page 2: ...S232 TRANSMISSION Baud Rate Parity Data Bits Stop Bit Select XON XOFF Standard RTS CTS ENQ ACK NAK RS232 TIMEOUT WEDGE TRANSMISSION SYMBOLOGY Enable Disable UPC A UPC E MSI Check Character En Enable Disable MSI UPC EAN CODE 39 CODABAR 2 5 ENTRELACE 2 5 STANDARD 2 5 MATRIX Message Length MSI PLESSEY Message Length EAN 128 Appendix ASCII TABLE EXTENTED TABLE DECIDE ZONE 2 2 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 8 9...

Page 3: ...use plus the ergonomics balanced from factor reduces user fatigue to maximize user Rugged environment demand rugged design with double molding ABS plastic andrubber The Auro 2908 delivers it with impact residence housing integral shock mounting These scanners are lightweight and well balanced for your comfort Scratch resstant tempered glass helps preservebar code scanning sccuracy The AURO AIDC TE...

Page 4: ...Support Center from a phone near the scanning equipment so that the service person can try to talk you through your problem If the equipment is found to be working properly and the problem is reading bar codes the Support Center will request samples of your bar codes for analysis at our plant If your problem cannot be solved over the phone you may need to return your equipment for servicing If tha...

Page 5: ...AURO AIDC TEC Support Center For service information warranty information or technical assistance contact or call the AURO AIDC TEC Support Center in Auro 2908 4 AURO AIDC TEC Support Center ...

Page 6: ...fined data into the mes sage string Prefix and Suffix characters are data characters that can be sent before and after scanned data You can specify if they should be sent with all symbologies or only with specific symbologies The following illustration shows the breakdown of a message string Prefix Suffix characters setting Characters defined as prefix or suffix characters will be transmitted imme...

Page 7: ... To set Prefix with the 3 characters string HT A o 1 Use the ASCII TABLE to know the hexadecimal value of each character HT 09 1 31 o 6F 2 Scan Setting Prefix 3 Scan 0 and 9 in appendix A for character HT 4 Scan 3 and 1 in appendix A for character 1 5 Scan 6 and F in appendix A for character o 6 Scan End of Setting INTER CHARACTERTER DELAY This parameter specifies the inter character delay inserte...

Page 8: ...ead before Transmission or for reliable Two reads before transmission or Three Reads before transmission is preferable The Decoding Timeout in Trigger Mode can be varied on spécifications of customer We provide 3 sec 6sec and 12sec Decoding timeout in trigger mode Beep decode activated Identifier not transmitted Identifier transmitted Beep decode not activated Trigger Mode Continuous Read not acti...

Page 9: ...sion If after a specified amount of time the Decode signal has not been asserted indicating that the attached decoder has not successfully received the barcode data the scanner issues Transmit Error beeps Decoding Timeout in Trigger Mode not actived 3 Sec Decoding Timeout in Trigger Mode 6 Sec Decoding Timeout in Trigger Mode 12 Sec Decoding Timeout in Trigger Mode Auro 2908 8 Decode Timeout ...

Page 10: ... section beginning on page 6 5 Transmission in RS232 active USB CDC USB CDC can be used for industrial equipment such as CNC machinery to allow upgrading from older RS 232 serial controllers and robotics since they can keep software compatibility The device attaches to an RS 232 communications line and the operating system on the USB side makes the USB device appear as a traditional RS 232 port Ch...

Page 11: ... RS 232 Host Types Standard1 Baud Rate 9600 Parity Type None Stop Bit Select 1 Stop Bit Data Bits 8 Bit Check Receive Errors Enable Hardware Handshaking None Software Handshaking None Host Serial Response Time out 2 Sec RTS Line State Low RTS Beep on BEL Disable Intercharacter Delay 0 msec Nixdorf Beep LED Options Normal Operation Auro 2908 10 TRANSMISSION RS232 TRANSMISSION ...

Page 12: ... s baud rate setting should match the baud rate setting of the host device If not data may not reach the host device or may reach it in distorted form Transmission in RS232 activated Cable RS232 300 Bauds 1200 Bauds 4800 Bauds 19200 Bauds 2400 Bauds 9600 Bauds 38400 Bauds 11 Baud Rate ...

Page 13: ...uiring a 7 bit or 8 bit ASCII protocol Stop Bit Select The stop bit s at the end of each transmitted character marks the end of transmission of one character and prepares the receiving device for the next character in the serial data stream The number of stop bits selected one or two depends on the number the receiving terminal is programmed to accommodate Set the number of stop bits to match host...

Page 14: ...e When the scanner receives an XON character it sends the rest of the data message The scanner waits up to 30 seconds for the XON Standard RTS CTS If the scanner wants to send the barcode data to host computer it will issue the RTS signal first wait for the CTS signal from the host computer and then perform the normal data communication If there is no replied CTS signal from the host computer afte...

Page 15: ...l Response Time out the scanner issues an error indication and discards the data The host must transmit an ENQ character at least every Host Serial Response Time out to prevent transmission errors Enquiry character from Host not actived Enquiry character from Host actived Enquiry character from Host Enq 05 Setting Enquiry character from Host Auro 2908 14 ENQ ...

Page 16: ...r does not get a response in this time it issues an error indication and discards the data There are no retries when a time out occurs When the ACK NAK protocol is used the scanner waits for an ACK acknowledge or not acknowledge from the host computer after data transmission and will resend in response to a NAK Ack Nak protocol not actived Character Ack from Ack Nak protocol Ack 06 Character Nak f...

Page 17: ...s no replied CTS signal from the host computer after the timeout Response Delay duration the scanner halts transmission until it detects another active CTS signal In case of RTS CTS Enquiry and Ack Nak protocol the scanner is waiting for an answer of the Host A actived timeout allows the scanner to abort the transmission Timeout not actived 3 Sec Timeout 1 Sec Timeout 5 Sec Timeout 10 Sec Timeout ...

Page 18: ...mputer accepts the key strokes as if they originate from the keyboard This mode of operation allows adding bar code reading functionality to a system designed for manual keyboard input In this mode the keyboard keys trokes are simply passed through Throughout the programming bar code menus default values are indicated with asterisks USB HID No Terminator Terminator Enter Keyboard Setting Terminato...

Page 19: ...E scan the appropriate bar code below Enable Disable Code 39 To enable or disable Code 39 scan the appropriate bar code below Trioptic Code 39 is a variant of Code 39 used in the marking of computer tape cartridges Trioptic Code39 symbols always contain six characters To enable or disable Trioptic Code 39 scan the appropriate bar code below Enable Disable Codabar To enable or disable Codabar scan ...

Page 20: ...end of the scanned data When Check Character is set to Validate but Don t Transmit the unit will only read MSI barcodes printed with the specified type check character but will not transmit the check character with the scanned data Enable Disable MSI To enable or disable MSI scan the appropriate bar code below STANDARD 2 5 Not actived MATRIX 2 5 Not actived MSI Not actived PLESSEY Not actived CODE...

Page 21: ...right hand side of the codes Addon 5 Not actived Addon 2 Not actived Read Single UPC EAN and UPC EAN with Addon Leading digit UPCA transmitted Check digit UPCA transmitted UPCA transmitted as EAN13 13 characters Leading digit UPCE transmitted Addon 5 Actived Addon 2 Actived Read Only UPC EAN with Addon Leading digit UPCA not transmitted Check digit UPCA not transmitted UPCA transmitted as UPCA 12 ...

Page 22: ...N8 transmitted EAN8 transmitted as EAN13 Check digit EAN13 transmitted ISBN EAN13 actived Check digit UPCE not transmitted UPCE transmitted as UPCA Check digit EAN8 not transmitted EAN8 transmitted as EAN8 Check EAN13 non transmis ISBN EAN13 not actived 21 UPC EAN ...

Page 23: ...des were created and scan the value and the Save barcode The data characters should then appear properly This is the most popular alpha numeric bar code symbology It has a set of 43 characters alphanumeric and few symbols and can be used with or without a check digit Standard Start Stop not transmitted Check Digit not verified Check Digit Cip verified Check Digit not transmitted Full Ascii Start S...

Page 24: ...ote to operate this function correctly the first code must end with the d stop character and the second code must start with the d start character These two start stop characters are cleared before transmission Single Code Two adjacent codes ABC Stop character of first barcode Start character of second barcode D Two adjacent code with Stop character of first barcode Start character of second barco...

Page 25: ... Single Code All adjacent codes Read adjacent codes only Start Stop Not transmitted Single Code Read adjacent codes only Start Stop Not transmitted Auro 2908 24 CODABAR ...

Page 26: ...rea Since the bars and spaces codify characters the bar code 2 5 interleaved performed in all cases encoding an even number of characters The odd numbers are coded with the bars and the numbers of even rank are coded with spaces The term 2 5 interleaved is because we use for each character 5 elements 2 are still large To choose 2 lengths 8 and 16 characters 1 Scan Setting Length N 1 2 Scan decimal...

Page 27: ...ed in appendix 13 To choose 2 lengths 10 and 12 characters 1 Scan Setting Length N 1 2 Scan decimal values 1 and 0 in Appendix A 3 Scan End of Setting 4 Scan Setting Length N 2 5 Scan decimal values 1 and 2 in Appendix A 6 Scan End of Setting Variable Length Check Digit Modulo 10 verified Start Stop 6 barres Check Digit not verified Check Digit not transmitted Setting Length N 1 Setting Length N 3...

Page 28: ...be an odd or an even number Information is carried in the bars and spaces To choose 1 length 14 characters 1 Scan Setting Length N 1 2 Scan decimal values 1 and 4 in Appendix A 3 Scan End of Setting Check Digit not verified Check Digit not transmitted Setting Length N 1 Setting Length N 3 Check Digit verified Check Digit transmitted Setting Length N 2 End of Setting Variable Length Check Digit ver...

Page 29: ... due to its very simple encoding system it can be used only with a fixed length or with variable lengths when including one or two check digits Check Digit modulo 10 verified Check Digit not verified Check Digit not transmitted Check Digit double modulo 10 Check Digit transmitted Auro 2908 28 MSI ...

Page 30: ...re supported the digits 0 upto 9 the characters A upto F The checksum contains 2 digits and is calculated from the numerical values of all the data digits Scan the barcodes below to change the message length Minimum and Maximum lengths 4 48 Minimum Default 4 Maximum Default 48 Check Digit not transmitted Check Digit transmitted 29 PLESSEY Message Length ...

Page 31: ...nction Character 1 in the first position and standard Code128 symbols When this feature is disabled the host cannot differentiate between these symbols Scan the labels below to enable or disable the sending of an AIM symbology ID prefix To choose Separator EAN 128 GS 1 Use the ASCII TABLE to know the hexadecimal value of character GS GS 1D 2 Scan Setting separator EAN 128 3 Scan 1 and D in appendi...

Page 32: ...APPENDIX A 0 2 4 6 8 A C E End of Setting 1 3 5 7 9 B D F 31 Appendix ...

Page 33: ...B 42 b 62 ETX 03 23 C 43 c 63 EOT 04 24 D 44 d 64 ENQ 05 25 E 45 e 65 ACK 06 26 F 46 f 66 BEL 07 27 G 47 g 67 BS 08 28 H 48 h 68 TAB 09 29 I 49 i 69 LF 0A 2A J 4A j 6A VT 0B 2B K 4B k 6B FF 0C 2C L 4C l 6C CR 0D 2D M 4D m 6D SO 0E 2E N 4E n 6E SI 0F 2F O 4F o 6F DLE 10 0 30 P 50 p 70 DC1 11 1 31 Q 51 q 71 DC2 12 2 32 R 52 r 72 DC3 13 3 33 S 53 s 73 DC4 14 4 34 T 54 t 74 NAK 15 5 35 U 55 u 75 SYN 1...

Page 34: ... F11 8A Home 9A Reserved AA F12 8B Delete 9B Reserved AB Page Up 8C Ctrl 9C Reserved AC Page Down 8D End 9D Reserved AD Insert 8E Reserved 9E Reserved AE Tab 8F Reserved 9F Reserved AF Note Typical performance at 73 F 23 C on high quality symbols in normal room light in cm 10 25 4 Auro 2908 W 5 12 7 i d t h 0 0 o f 1 5 2 5 5 mil 6 7 5 mil 10 0 F i e 5 12 7 l d 1 0 10 mil 14 5 10 25 4 100 UPC 0 17 ...